Soong and the Borg lay siege to the Château Picard.
This is another fairly messy episode but it has some good moments such as the predictable truth about Yvette Picard and the direction taken with the arc of the Borg Queen. Plus Seven of Nine and Raffi finally have something to do that does not feel like it's for the purpose of padding out an episode.
The same cannot be said for the scenes with Rios, which for me feel very contrived and a bit pointless. I also struggled with that heartfelt exchange between Raffi and a certain holographic character.
Brent Spiner's Soong is written as a very moustache-twirly villain who wouldn't feel out of place in a 90s action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Spiner is a great actor who does his best with the material, but his voice is so high pitched he feels somewhat off when trying to intimidate.
Sir Patrick Stewart is a class act regardless of what his and other characters are written to do. I still find him as entertaining a lead as ever. The rest of the cast do good work with the material, particularly Alison Pill, Anne Wersching and Jeri Ryan.
The more negative reviewers who obviously take television very seriously do raise some legitimate points, but, as we only get one life, you have to question putting so many hours into an experience that causes so much displeasure.
This is another fairly messy episode but it has some good moments such as the predictable truth about Yvette Picard and the direction taken with the arc of the Borg Queen. Plus Seven of Nine and Raffi finally have something to do that does not feel like it's for the purpose of padding out an episode.
The same cannot be said for the scenes with Rios, which for me feel very contrived and a bit pointless. I also struggled with that heartfelt exchange between Raffi and a certain holographic character.
Brent Spiner's Soong is written as a very moustache-twirly villain who wouldn't feel out of place in a 90s action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. Spiner is a great actor who does his best with the material, but his voice is so high pitched he feels somewhat off when trying to intimidate.
Sir Patrick Stewart is a class act regardless of what his and other characters are written to do. I still find him as entertaining a lead as ever. The rest of the cast do good work with the material, particularly Alison Pill, Anne Wersching and Jeri Ryan.
The more negative reviewers who obviously take television very seriously do raise some legitimate points, but, as we only get one life, you have to question putting so many hours into an experience that causes so much displeasure.
